Tehran radio reported that 1,740 drug...

DRUG CRACKDOWN.

February 19, 1989

NICOSIA, CYPRUS — DRUG CRACKDOWN. Tehran radio reported that 1,740 drug addicts were arrested across Iran in a 24-hour sweep that ended Saturday. The radio, monitored in Nicosia, said some of those arrested were freed after signing declarations ''confessing their regrets.''